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  1. Bug #19033
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 19033

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Philippe Seewer (philippe-seewer) wrote : Re: [Bug 19033] Re: systemwide default startup homepage ignored

Jordan Erickson wrote:
> Philippe, it's great to have workarounds but let's not treat this as a
> "solution" - the problem lies in that /etc/firefox-3.0/pref/firefox.js
> (which has always been the default global config for Firefox, regardless
> of Xulrunner) does not honor the browser.startup.homepage pref.

Jordan, I wholeheartedly agree. My workaround is not a solution, it's
just a workaround until we have a solution which will probably be around
2011 or so.

Seriously, I've tried hunting down that bug a few times over the last
few years with no success. Any ideas are appreciated.

Regards,
Philippe